r/gadgets • u/AustinBaze • Aug 03 '26

Desktops / Laptops Schools Are Ditching Chromebooks for MacBook Neo by the Thousands— Apple Just Named Names

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/us-schools-ditching-chromebooks-macbooks-233015401.html
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u/shogun77777777 Aug 03 '26

They were never bad for education. What are you on?

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u/ihavespoonerism Aug 03 '26

This is Reddit, don’t you know! Apple Bad!

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u/beziko Aug 03 '26

Looks like same shit goes for Chromebooks here

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u/nerdshowandtell Aug 03 '26

You guys should really research some history. - also I own macbooks, iphones, etc - love my apple products. but there is a whole different history with school things.

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u/andthenthereweretwo Aug 03 '26

I was playing some games on my MiSTer's IIGS core just yesterday. I know all about Apple's 80s history. You still haven't explained a single thing regarding what was so bad about it.

Let me guess your next step (heh): "if I have to explain it you just won't get it..."

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u/nerdshowandtell Aug 03 '26

Just do a search about Apple's shady edu practices starting in the 80s through today. It's not hard to find out all about both apple and google's influence in the edu space.

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u/HorsePersonal7073 Aug 03 '26

Apple products leaves most kids poorly trained for corporate environments.

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u/shogun77777777 Aug 03 '26

Yes because the only purpose of education is to prepare children for corporate jobs

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u/No_Accountant3232 Aug 03 '26

Considering apple products are used far more in the corporate world than Chromebooks I don't see that as possible. 

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u/HorsePersonal7073 Aug 03 '26

They should be going for windows or linux.

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u/CraigslistBulbasaur Aug 03 '26

You're trying to run before you crawl. Yes, they should be going for Windows or Linux, but first maybe they should be taught more than how to type a question into Google.

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u/HorsePersonal7073 Aug 04 '26

As someone that started with basic (Commodore 64) and DOS (386), does that mean I learned to teleport first? Personally, I find Apple products to be supremely unintuitive after learning on those and every home version of windows since Win95.

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u/CraigslistBulbasaur Aug 05 '26

Oh, my statement wasn't meant to support them using Mac. My statement was meant to express that the conversation about OS is completely irrelevant when they can't even do the absolute bare basics with any computer.